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Au coeur du bidonville de Mathare Valley. La politique du ventre vide à Nairobi
En Afrique, la question de la pauvreté donne souvent lieu à des interprétations misérabilistes et même catastrophiques. Elle a fait l’objet de nombreux sommets internationaux où les pays, dont le Kenya, se sont engagés à l’éradiquer. Mais de quelle…
Tenement cites: From 19th century Berlin to 21st century Nairobi
Abstract from the publisher: Nairobi today has over 10,000 multi-story tenement buildings, many of them offering single rooms and up to eight stories high. Privately owned and exploiting urban space to the maximum, these bear similarities to housing…
The postcolonial city and its subjects : London, Nairobi, Bombay
Abstract from the publisher : This book considers twentieth and twenty-first century literary and cultural formations of the postcolonial city and the constitution of new subjects within it. Varma offers a reading of both historical and…
Déchets et pouvoirs dans les villes africaines
Déchets et pouvoirs dans les villes africaines. L'action publique de gestion des déchets à Nairobi de 1964 à 2002.
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Les difficultés de la ville de Nairobi à…
Capital cities in Africa: Power and powerlessness
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Capital cities today remain central to both nations and states. They host centres of political power, not only national, but in some cases regional and global as well, thus offering major avenues to success, wealth and…
Women, slums and urbanisation : Examining the causes and consequences
A first of its kind, this COHRE report examines the worldwide phenomenon of urbanisation from the point of view of women’s housing rights. The report focuses, in particular, on the experiences of women and girls living in slum communities…
The urban challenge in Africa : Growth and management of its large cities
Extract from the Foreword by Heitor Gurgulino de Souza :
With contributions from prominent urban planning scholars and experts in Africa, The Urban Challenge in Africa: Growth and Management of Its Large Cities, edited by Professor Carole Rakodi of…